Historical+Significance


 * 1) =Historical Significance=

The past is everything that ever happened to anyone anywhere. There is too much in the past to remember all of it. So how do we make choices about what is worth remembering?

Historians make decisions about what is to be considered historically significant according to criteria.

There are two major **aspects** or criteria of Historical Significance:
 * Resulting in change: The event, person or development has deep consequences, for many people, over a long period of time.
 * Revealing: The event, person or development sheds light on enduring or emerging issues in history and contemporary life.

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